Democratic operatives won’t have to bring up John McCain’s age in the upcoming Presidential campaign — because every American alive already knows that the presumptive Republican nominee is impossibly old, in failing health, and so brain-addled that he thinks proper birth control involves sea sponges and liniment. But will all these factors just remind Americans of Ronald Reagan, America’s last demented old President, and lead to a landslide McCain victory in the fall? MORE »

Pat Robertson’s endorsement of 9udy 11iuliani yesterday (above) was all the more surprising given the nature of its timing. As the two were on stage yesterday celebrating their unbeatable combination of Jesus and racism, Sam Brownback — the social conservative’s senator of choice — was announcing his endorsement of John McCain. So one social conservative endorses the abortionist, another endorses the Mexican-lover… Does anyone else smell a CONSPIRACY>?#@ MORE »

More telling than cruel “Hot or Not” snap judgments is the slow pull of a reluctant fashion trend. To wit: Harriet Miers bursts onto the scene as a monumentally powerful woman in Washington and the first thing scorned is her wardrobe. But if the outfits feel like they’ve grown on you since, it’s because they only fell off you in ‘87. MORE »